Editing Egalitarianism (section)

=== Egalitarianism and non-human animals ===
Many philosophers, including Ingmar Persson,<ref>{{cite book |author=Persson, I. |year=1993 |contribution=A basis for (interspecies) equality |editor1=Cavalieri, P. |editor2=Singer, P. |title=The Great Ape Project |place=New York, NY |publisher=St. Martin's Press |pages=183–193}}</ref> [[Peter Vallentyne]],<ref>{{cite journal |author=Vallentyne, P. |year=2005 |title=Of mice and men: Equality and animals |journal=Journal of Ethics |volume=9 |issue=3–4 |pages=403–433 |doi=10.1007/s10892-005-3509-x|hdl=10355/10183 |s2cid=13151744 |hdl-access=free }}</ref> Nils Holtug,<ref>{{cite book |author=Holtug, N. |year=2007 |contribution=Equality for animals |editor1=Ryberg, J. |editor2=Petersen, T.S. |editor3=Wolf, C. |title=New Waves in Applied Ethics |place=Basingstoke |publisher=Palgrave Macmillan |pages=1–24}}</ref> [[Catia Faria]]<ref>{{cite journal |author=Faria, C. |year=2014 |url=https://www.academia.edu/5911405 |title=Equality, priority and nonhuman animals |journal=Dilemata: International Journal of Applied Ethics |volume=14 |pages=225–236}}</ref> and [[Lewis Gompertz]],<ref>Gompertz, L. (1997 [1824]) Moral inquiries on the situation of man and of brutes, London: Open Gate.</ref> have argued that egalitarianism implies that the interests of non-human animals must be taken into account as well. Philosopher [[Oscar Horta]] has further argued that egalitarianism implies rejecting [[speciesism]], ceasing to exploit non-human animals and aiding [[wild animal suffering|animals suffering in nature]].<ref name="Horta2014">{{cite journal |last=Horta |first=Oscar |date=25 November 2014  |title=Egalitarianism and Animals |url=https://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/bts/vol19/iss1/5 |journal=Between the Species |volume=19 |issue=1}}</ref> Furthermore, Horta argues that non-human animals should be prioritized since they are worse off than humans.<ref name=" Horta2014" />